Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-02
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.


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The following are the Questions Sub.
mitted at the Examination Of Teachers.
in the Third Ward School, Saturday, by
Supt. Butts and Messrs. Tabler and
Downs -
ARITHMETIC.
l. Give the rules for pointing off in
multiplication and division of decimals.
9. How is the surface Of sphere
found 2 It's solidityp
8. Received S1009.29 for a note hav.
ing 20 days to run, discounted in bank
at per cent. : how much should have
received for it discounted by true dis
count at 12 per cent. 2
4. So of 1919 of what number, dimin-
ished by $40 leaves 25,
21.6x7-3O Ga
3. bought a horse for S156, due in
months, and sold him at once for $3.50:
find the gain per cent. ; interest Al per
cent.
9. II Of an inch of rain falls, how
many barrels of water will be caught by
a cistern which drains a roof SO feet by
80 feetp
2. A pole was 81 under water the
water rose it,, and then there was as
much under water as had been above
water before; how long is the pole?
y. What is the cost of plastering a
partition #. in. long and 10 #, 8 in.
high, at 40 cents so. yard, deducting
door #. 3 in. by #. 10 in.
o. The area of circle is 962 lis what
Its diameter and circumference?
10. How many U. s. bushels in q
bin, 9. #. long by 81 #. wide and ct #.
deepp
ART OF TEACHING.
1. What attention would you give TO
spelling in the child's first years at
school?
2. In elementary reading, how soon
would you teach the sounds Of letters?
=. In writing, state the order in
which you would teach the child to
make the letters.
4. How do you control Whispering
How do you prevent tardinessp
o. Do you regard analysis Of sem
fences or parsing the more important,
and why ?
l. What nations claimed America by
right of discovery a1
2. State fully the causes of the French
and Indian war.
8. Who was the hero of Lake Erie, and
what were his famous words
4. What general fought at Lundy Is
Lane, that was afterwards commander
In the Mexican war, and in the Civil
war
5. What States did not vote for
Washington for president, and why ?
o. Name father and son who were
presidents?
z. Name the accessions of territory
made by the United States, and state the
price paid for each?
.. What States were formed out of
tina Northwest Territory ?
v. What were the" Alabama Claims?''
How settled
~. Name four grea. American states.
men, four authors, four orators. four of
Its most noted military commanders.
PENMANSHIP.
Your writing in this branch will be
taken as specimen of your penmanship.
l. What are principles ? How many Z?
Name them.
9. Name and describe all the move
ments employed in writing.
.. Which of the figures extend above
the head linep Which below the base
liner
4; Give the height Of i, d, p. t, h, b,
and T.
GEOGRAPHY.
l. Locate and describe the Sargasso
Seas.
2. Beginning on the eastern coast of
South America, follow the equator
around the globe and name in regular
order the bodies of water, countries and
islands through which it passes.
8. Locate the island of St. Helena,
and state some important fact that makes
the island noted.
4. Name the capes which form the
north, east, south and west extremities
of Africa.
5. Why is the Dead Sea 80 named !?
Compare ITS level with that of the ocean.
.. What is the largest body of fresh
water on the globe?
z. Name the four longest river basins
on the globe?
8. On what island of North America
do the animals and fowls migrate to the
north in winter?
9. A vessel was driven ashore in %
degrees north latitude and 80 degrees
west longitude from Greenwich upon
what island was she?
10. Name and locate by town and
county, the Capital, Penitentiary, Asy-
lums, University and Normal schools of
w. Va.
READING.
/. Define pitch, force and rate,
2. Define the circumflex The mono
tone?
3, What is emphasis ? Name the
different kinds and tell when used.
4. What determines the proper accent
of words? 7F
Read selection.
oRTHoGRAPHY.
l. Define orthoepy.
2. State when 10 and are novels.
3. Give the distinction in use between
the apostrophe and period in connection
with abbreviated words.
4. What rules in spelling are observ-
ed IN forming expelled from erpel, traveller
from travel, happily from happy, and
pedcedbte from pedces
8. Spell correctly the following words !:
typhoid, Supply, emenate, bycicle,
nickle. benefited, bivouac, cultural, sac
rifice, pinical.
GRAMMAR.
/. State the difference between a con.
junctive adverb and conjunction.
2. Compose sentences using that as a
relative pronoun, as definitive adjec-
tive and as a conjunction
B.. Compose sentences using but as a
conjunction, as an adjective, as an
adverb, and as proposition.